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Alexei Nemov has published his memoir in Russia in 2009. The book is absolutely fascinating and also includes chapters by his coach and his wife. However, it’s never been translated into English and likely won’t ever...

Igor Radivilov, the silver medalist on vault at Worlds, was chosen as the Athlete of the Month by the Ukrainian Olympic Committee. It was the first award of this kind for Radivilov. In an interview to iSport.ua he talks what the...

Sergei Eltcov made the Worlds team for the first time this year. His only previous major international competition was Euros in 2014. He competed on pommel horse and parallel bars in Montreal but not very successfully and ended...

Alexei Nemov gave an interview to Russian Men’s Health magazine, demonstrating exercises and offering workout tips. At the “Legends of Sport” show Nemov demonstrated that he’s still in great physical shape...

A couple of days ago Tatiana Gutsu wrote on Facebook that she does not want to talk to the media because they only care about scandals and sensations and not about people’s feelings and specifically expressed her outrage at...

Svetlana Khorkina attended the World Championships in Montreal as a guest and shared her thoughts on the results with the media.
Q: Svetlana Vasilyevna, could you rate the performance of the Russian team at Montreal Worlds? 6...

Valeri Liukin gave an interview to TASS after the Worlds in Montreal. The interview was in Russian and following is the English translation:
Q: The head coach of the Russian [WAG] team Valentina Rodionenko considers you the most...

Igor Radivilov became second in the vault final, losing to Kenzo Shirai just by 0.001. He doesn’t yet have a World or Olympic vault gold, but after the not-so-successful Olympics in Rio which he left without medals, this...

While Vitaly Scherbo continues to stay silent regarding the rape allegations made by Tatyana Gutsu, some of his earlier interviews paint a picture of a person who does not respect women that much.
Here is a translation of an...

Tatiana Gutsu’s confession that she was raped by Vitaly Scherbo in 1991 became one of the hottest news topics in the FSU countries (and especially in Russia), but it’s met with tremendous backlash from the readers...